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Sunday, September 22, 2013

In honour of the fact that I often get 'Milkshake' by Kelis stuck in
my head* - this time I am wearing Strawberry Milkshake by Gelicious.

The
colour is perfectly named but hard to capture with my phone. I think
this colour has gotten more notice then the other Gelicious colours I
have tried.

In real life it isn't as pale.

Unfortunately I have found this one not as durable as I would have liked - this damage is 3 days in.

As per usual it could be my application or it could also be that I've been extra hard on my nails.

This photo is more like the real colour

I'm
on holidays now so was really hoping that this would last the fortnight
because I don't have access to all my equipment and polishes so for now
Im just going to put a clear coat of normal polish and hope for the
best.

*What
does that say about me? My husband gets either Papa Loves Mambo or
Agadoo which tells me just how camp he really is under all that male
testosterone.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

I wasn't going to enter this week - not because all my outfits are soooo expensive but I actually have a tough time with numbers and so I often don't know how much costs. There are a few things I remember simply because it was so cheap but other then that, nada.

Anyway I am having a sewing weekend. I got the majority of a dress made for a member of our teacher choir - 3 more to go.

I then really wanted to finish off my spotted skirt that I had started ages ago.

I bought the fabric from eBay. It's a cotton sateen. I don't know how much I paid for it. Maybe $20 for 2 metres plus postage? I have plenty of it left for a sleeveless top or something.

It's interlined with cotton-silk and it's so smooth and nice and cool. Real posh. It cost about $10 a metre, maybe more.

I got the zipper for free with some other fabric I bought. The thread I already had, but I did have to buy bias binding. I use bias binding for my waist facing and to hem.

The T-shirt is another thing that I made - I think the fabric was $7 for the meter. I just happened to be wearing it today, I wasn't planning on pairing spot and stripes.

The back seam is almost invisible. Planned that out real good. Side seams don't match up as well though - nigh on impossible.

Sunday, September 08, 2013

So about ten years ago I didn't even realise that there was anything wrong with my arms, but apparently there was and I just needed the advice of a rude, socially inept woman to put me straight.

We were swimming at the local pool when the manager swam up to me and whispered conspiraciously (yes I did use that word),

'To get rid if those flabby teacher arms you need to do this,' as she waved her arms around in the water.

Shocked and speechless I swam over to my husband and told him that we were going, now.

From that point on I let that bitch's comment rule my wardrobe.

What? A dress with no sleeves - no thank you,,, wait I could wear a cardigan over it.

So my aim the last year or so was to rebuild my confidence about this area of my body - I started by doing work with dumbbells. I'm still not all that happy about them but I usually don't have to worry about it because we have to wear sleeves at work.

At the moment I am making dresses for our choir, and I'm trying to convince myself that going up on stage with no sleeves will be okay, because we will need to move our arms for choreography and it's going to be hot as well.

Little steps though.

What I wore to a friend's surprise hen's night:

Dress - Virtue

Shoes - Toni Bianco

Necklace - Collette

Cami - Target

Not a single thing was said about my flabby teacher arms, shoes went down a treat though.

P.S. At the start of the week I shared a bit more about myself and my body image here.

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

I guess with this week's Aussie Curve's theme being 'vulnerable' I thought it was about time.

We have also been quite rocked at school because a new teacher has joined us with a PhD about food. Everyone has been really putting their best 'diet' on show, and there has been so much self body dissing. But as I said to someone today, 'You are an intelligent women, you don't have to justify your food choices' or something like that. I wish they would get over trying to impress someone who really shouldn't matter in the big scheme of things.

So anyhooo...

I have a fat belly and heart shaped hips that stand out like the genitals of this squirrel; plus teacher wings and I have boob-alicious huges* as well.

I know all this and I don't think the people that I know and work with think any worse of me because them.

But as soon as I have lost weight (because I've managed to remember that I exercise at 5:30 in the afternoons and not because I cut out yummy food from my diet, OR I happen to have coordinated an amazingly flattering outfit that has made me magically lose weight) I get the comments.

Have you lost weight?

What have you been doing?

You're looking good! (The most awful backhanded compliment ever)

I'm sure people have all heard them before. I'm not covering new ground here.

I have fad dieters and fitness afficanados and fad dieters turn fitness aficionados at my workplace. I hate the idea that I sometimes feel like I have to boast to people that are talking about their daily run that I too exercise - I don't think they'd believe it anyway. I bite my tongue or eat my lunch instead.

I studied nutrition at Uni - I found the subject boring because of the lecturer and not because of the content. I'm interested in health and would at some stage actually like to do more at that uni level (no not more study! Ek!) I know that when people start to talk about their 'diets' that half the time they are quoting something they read in Women's Fortnightly** or on Facebook or something their mum told them twenty years ago. I know that I really want to correct them, but I also know that they would look at me and my figure and think, 'What would you know.'

So although I am at the moment the most accepting of my body I have ever been I'm still facing confidence hurdles.

And just because I started with a list of what are my perceived shortcoming here is a list of some of the things I love about my bod:

Tiny ankles, killer calves and outer thighs that could kick a man senseless. Pouty lips and soft, feathery hair. Shoulders a swimmer would be jealous of if they didn't already have them, strong fast growing nails and a butt my husband loves.

I realised today that I hadn't shared my latest haul and subsequent manicure!

A while back, I bought two polishes from Peripera and had told myself that I would buy more, but never got there. It was in my eBay watch list though!

A few weeks ago chocolatencappucino put her Peripera's on sale so I bought up. Ohhh, so pretty!

They came with samples... yep... I was pretty stoked.

I'm such a cat lady...

I just love how cute Korean cosmetics are. I need to get me some more cute stuffs - so much of my eBay watch list is TonyMoly etc stuff.

And here is my mani.

Base colour - Gelicious - Bubblegum Yum

Glitter - Peripera - 040 Sparkle Gold

Usual top coats for both layers. I put two layers on my index fingers.

I
find that the Peripera polishes dry really quickly, and really aren't
all that different from your 'normal' polishes quality wise. This
glitter polish stayed on my nails for a week.

This
purple chipped before the fortnight was up, but that could have been
the because of the extra nail polish on top,,, or because of my dodgy
application.

I
think I've cracked how to remove the gel, I give my nails a quick once
over with a file before I let them soak in the wraps for about 10
minutes. I then take them off one at a time and use an orange stick to
push of the loose stuff. I then scuff the surface with the orange stick
and then reapply the wraps with a little extra remover. This seems to
get it off pretty easily.

But
I am worried about damaging my nails - they are dried out after I clean
everything off (obviously) and I already had some peeling before hand
so I don't want it to get out of hand. Anyway, I'm giving my nails a
break for a week and have just applied clear normal polish. But of
course, I've already split one on the side. Doh!